Reporter on Daily Mail drugs sting bought garden herbs

THE Irish Daily Mail wants to highlight the ease with which a journalist can buy marijuana:

“THE ease with which illegal drugs can be bought online is revealed today in an Irish Daily Mail undercover operation. Our reporter was able to click on a website, send an email and a short time later, pay a small-time dealer €50 for three grams of marijuana on a busy Dublin street… The illegal substance was then handed over to the gardaí, and full details of the transaction reported to them.”

“Last Monday, the Irish Daily Mail claimed to have paid €50 for three grams of marijuana from a man on a city street… They then handed over the two plastic bags to a gardai at a city station. However…following analysis, the substance was nothing more offensive than kitchen herbs.“